After more than 400 miles of driving the new Acura RLX, I can think of little good to say about it.

Being neither luxurious nor sporty, the RLX fails to excite. And that's putting it mildly.

The brand-new RLX—Acura's flagship sedan and successor to the unsuccessful RL—is likely destined for deep levels of obscurity, aiding by bland styling. The RLX is slab-sided and devoid of any visual impact whatsoever. In contrast, when I was driving the new Lincoln MKZ weeks ago, onlookers actually approached me with comments like, "This car looks dynamite." The RLX has yet to garner a single "ooh" or "ah," nor so much as a second glance. As my coworker Michelle Tsai Podlaha said in a previous video, the RLX is well suited to drivers in a witness protection program.

While the RLX is upscale, its lacks the true luxury feel common in the segment, as well as some equipment.

@Cleveland lol, the difference is 4 seconds, are you trying to make-up figures again to prove your pointless argument? You can't just lie in order to make a point, those 2 engines are so different and trying to say they're the same shows what a troll you are.

The only comment I will make is that I find it interesting how the writer points out what's missing from this RLX with Tech package and mentions them as if they were not available at all. Yet, with the 5/E/A6 at the same price point, you pretty much don't get all of those "missing" items, either. Option up comparable models and all of the other cars command almost almost a $10k premium over the RLX (with Advanced package).

What's funny about is that most consumers will pay the extra money for the 4cyl BMW 5 series or Audi A6 knowing that they will get less luxury items while the cars manage to outsell the competition. I don't get it either but it's funny.

I can't understand how Acura/Honda really thought that this vehicle would have been a success. The last RL was abysmal at best when considering its price. Why in the hell would you build upon the weaknesses of the outgoing model and give us this $60K monstrosity. They seriously thought this was a good attempt?

Acura was at it's best when they had the Legend, Legend Coupe, and the Integra!!! As soon as they started with the TL,RL,RLX,ZDX,,RDX,MDX (hell why not DMX or XXX!!!) mumbo jumbo, they started falling off. Farewell Bird beaks!!!

The folk at Acura are seriously clueless. The RLX is a joke, just like the old RL. Whoever is in charge of their design department should be fired. It's sad when the new Kias and Hyundais look SO MUCH better then Honda's "high end" line.

Everything you listed is NON issues. Who is going to decline a car purchase because it lacks a rear window shade? Heated rear seats that are almost never used?Get real! The RLX will fail because it is nothing but an optioned up Honda and the public can see it and sense it. Honda is trying to pull off a shell game and it will NOT work. Honda will have to redesign the car or else the Acura name will be mocked and laughed at.

The only two cars it has a chance of competing with is the Buick LaCrosse, Lincoln MKS and Lexus ES, but with that price tag it takes it out of the league of cars it can compete with, and puts it in a league where it stands no chance at all. Sad that Acura, the people that gave us the Legend, Vigor and NSX only has this to offer. It doesn't have one car in its lineup that can compete with its competition, except the ILX, and its only competition is a re-badged Chevy Cruz, which happens to ride smother and quieter, but isn't as sporty. Acura needs to start over with some RWD and RWD based AWD cars or just throw in the towell

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